ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The New Mexico Supreme Court is refusing to bar a District Court judge from handling a lawsuit against a proposed horse slaughterhouse in Roswell.
The Albuquerque Journal (https://bit.ly/1kNgt3B) reports that an order by a three-justice panel of the state high court denies Valley Meat’s request to have District Judge Matthew Wilson removed from the case.
The request alleges there’s an appearance of impropriety and a lack of impartiality by Wilson because of posts on his campaign website by other people commenting on the horse slaughter case.
The lawsuit by state Attorney General Gary King seeks a permanent order blocking horse slaughter in New Mexico.
The resumption of commercial horse slaughter in the United States has been blocked by a new federal budget measure that withholds money for required federal inspections.
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